Read The World: 10 Books About Stockholm

Stockholm is situated in an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. Because of its unique geographic placemen...

Learn A New Language For Richer Travel Experiences

Traveling to a country where you don’t speak the language is a challenge. I’ve done so many time...

Snowmen, Snow Angels And Other Snow Traditions Around The World

It’s good to step back and appreciate the wonder of snow every once in a while. Sure it can cause ...

Are Some Languages Spoken Faster Than Others?

It’s a common experience for the novice language learner: you’ve been going along, feeling prett...

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6 Struggles Russian Learners Understand All Too Well

To be fair, you were probably warned, but you chose the path of linguistic violence anyway. Russian...

The Top 5 Reasons To Learn Danish

As a beginner on your quest toward Danish literacy, you might be weighing whether you have sufficien...

Why Swearing In A Different Language Is So Unsatisfying

Profanity is experiencing a renaissance right now. A Profanaissance, if you will. There’s more swe...

A Linguistic History Of Major European Cities

Picture a city founded near an island in a swampy valley. That river was the Deûle. And the city, r...

Jargon Watch: Lawyer Speak And The Language Of Law

Jargon is often impenetrable to the people outside a profession. That’s the whole idea behind this...

Why ‘Like’ Is One Of The Most Flexible Words In The English Language

Many words in English have multiple definitions. A word with two meanings can be the source of doubl...

Countries And Cities That Have Changed Their Names

We like to think of the names of places are generally stable, but that’s really not the case. ...

How ‘Latinx’ Is Leading The Resistance Against Gendered Languages

Growing up, KR Vargas struggled with his genderqueer identity. And once he had come to terms with th...

Why Is Germany Called Deutschland?

The country you might refer to as “Germany” has historically been a lot of different thi...

7 Struggles Spanish Learners Understand All Too Well

If you’re a Spanish learner just about anywhere in the world, you’re in pretty good comp...

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